I haven't received any scuttlebutt on new Windows Phone 8 devices in the pipeline or on what Microsoft and Nokia will show and tell on September 5. Microsoft and Nokia have invited select press and analysts to a New York City event, but haven't disclosed particulars of what will be discussed there.

Windows Phone 8 is Microsoft's planned reset of its Windows Phone platform. Among the new features that will be part of the operating system (codenamed "Apollo") are an update to the tiled user interface, multicore support, NFC/Wallet support, removable Micro SD card storage, encryption and secure boot. Existing Windows Phone devices will not get the new OS, but will get the new UI, via a Windows Phone 7.8 refresh.